Spain 1865 5 centimos 6 point star
This specimen was lot 417 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$1,980 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1865. Isabel II. Madrid. 5 céntimos de escudo. Prueba no adoptada. Dos insignificantes manchitas. Bellísima. Brillo original. Preciosa pátina. Muy rara. S/C. (kingdom of Spain, Isabel II, five centimos of 1865, Madrid mint, unadopted pattern. Two small spots, very beautiful, original luster, light toning, very rare, uncirculated.)"
This Spanish five centimos pattern was executed in preparation for the second decimal reform of 1864. The unflattering bust of the queen likely caused its rejection. In 1850, the twenty reales was reduced to 26.91 grams. This having proven unsatisfactory, the coinage was reformed again in 1864. The twenty reales was dropped in favor of a two escudos silver coin, reduced to 25.96 grams. One hundred centimos = one escudo. Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by three, four, six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Segovia, Jubia, Madrid (shown here), Seville and Barcelona).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 12,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Cayón-unlisted, AC. 250.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ‘’Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.’’, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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